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The “aura battle” challenge has swept social media platforms in recent months, and now, protest squares in France. Hundreds and thousands are protesting in France against their poor schooling conditions and cost of living.
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Content creators are following a social media trend to improve the lives of people in their communities. These young men in Jordan rented and stocked a store for one year to help a blind shopkeeper.
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This pro-Palestine church in Middle America is one of the stops on the Freedom Convoy. @YusufOmarSA is road-tripping along Route 66 with a group of activists, discovering that the U.S. isn’t all black and white. A lot of people actually live in the gray.
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“I wish I had slept between you … so I would have been killed with you.” Dima Yassin is now one of over 60,000 children who’ve lost one or both parents during Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
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The Israeli government posted an AI music video titled “Jews from Judea” – using the likeness of singer and rapper Diana Adelaide (IAMDDB) without her consent.
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French police are inflicting “war-like” injuries on young protesters – causing severe injuries to students protesting for better conditions in schools.
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Lahore and Amritsar are just 31 miles apart. In 1947, Britain partitioned India into two independent states: India and Pakistan. A British lawyer drew the new border straight through Punjab – dividing two deeply connected cities. A map can show where the border is, but not the world it cut through.
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Palestinian child content creator Nisreen Skaik, whose videos document her childhood during a genocide in Gaza, qualified for the finals in the youth category of the 2026 Digital Content Creators Awards.
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Traditional Ethiopian dress 🤝🏾 skateboards. Addis Girls Skate is putting its own spin on Addis Ababa’s skate scene, while offering free lessons to help more women and girls pick up a board.
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"I think there's a psychosexual obsession." Why is the U.S. right so obsessed with Hasan Piker – and his Speedo?! @dena asked @hasanthehun, and he had A LOT to say.
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The question is no longer whether the West will apologize for past atrocities, but whether these countries – built on the profits of colonialism, exploitation, slavery and resource extraction – will accept their time to pay reparations.
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India’s student protesters are finding ways to outsmart police and keep mobilizing against alleged voter theft. @shivan__sarna went behind the scenes of the movement that's keeping the Indian state on its toes.
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French protestors have targeted global retailers like McDonald’s, Apple and Louis Vuitton – but left a local chicken shop untouched.
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His emotional farewell comes amid growing concerns over the treatment of Sudanese refugees in Egypt, with reports of discrimination, abuse and deportations as the war in Sudan continues to displace millions.
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65 years after a brutal police massacre of Algerian protesters in Paris, French police continue to use violence against young protesters.
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What if moral rules help your brain save energy? Psychologist Jordan Theriault-Brown argues they make other people’s behavior easier to predict – which may help explain why we react so strongly when someone breaks them.
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Can a 3,500-mile trip change U.S. Zionists’ minds? @YusufOmarSA is reporting from the Freedom Convoy 2026 as it travels from LA to DC.
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Italian police are detaining and firing tear gas at people protesting against war and rising living costs.
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The “aura battle” challenge has swept social media platforms in recent months, and now, protest squares in France. Hundreds and thousands are protesting in France against their poor schooling conditions and cost of living.
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Content creators are following a social media trend to improve the lives of people in their communities. These young men in Jordan rented and stocked a store for one year to help a blind shopkeeper.
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